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> (indirectly) boast about their entrepreneurial skills Are you referring to the actual post? What age would it be appropriate to post one's creations would yo
by exe34 1y ago
> (indirectly) boast about their entrepreneurial skills
Are you referring to the actual post? What age would it be appropriate to post one's creations would you say? Or is it the "I'm 16-" prefix? But I can't work out where the narcissism comes in.
- smokel 1y agoIt is indeed the title that trips me up. When I was their age, we would call similar efforts "play", and we certainly didn't pretend to be the next Bill Gates. I'm not saying that one or the other approach is objectively better, I was merely sharing my personal opinion on the matter, so that perhaps someone can learn from that data point, or to offer some comfort to those who frequent Hacker News for the critical thinking rather than the money-making news. (Apart from the title, the website with legal matter suggest a focus on things that I certainly do not associate favorably with a "hacker".)
- exe34 1y agoI think there's always been entrepreneurial kids - back in my days they bought a 6 pack of pepsi and sold them individually at a markup. Today the hustling is done by making apps and websites. Where do you get the "next Bill Gates" part from? I can only see a run-of-the-mill "professional" website, of which there are countless on the web nowadays. The product itself seems to be something that the OP wanted for himself and managed to turn into something others can use. I seriously doubt its utility myself, but I don't see how this makes him "pretend to be the next Bill Gates"?